Motorist&#39;s eye shield



March 26, 1929. F. w. MAGEE MOTORISTS EYE SHIELD Filed Aug. 20, 1928Patented Mar. 26, 1929.

UNITED STATES 1,706,931 PATENT OFFICE.

EnEioEnIoK "WILLIAM MAGEE, or LONDON, ONTARIO, CANADA, asswnon or ONE-HALF TO THOMAS WILLIAM BAKER, OF LONDON, ONTARIO, CANADA.

Monomers EYE SHIELD.

Application filed August 20*, 1923. 'SeiiaLl No. 300,889.

My invention relates to improvements in motorists eye shields of thetype d1sclosed in my Canadian Patent #268,313mlated February 8, 1927,and my United States Patent #1559524, dated February 14th,

1928, and the object of the present inven tion is to provide resilientmeans extending between the head and the hat worn thereon which will notbe hard and rigid and confined to small pressure area and thereby becomeuncomfortable after continued use, by which the shield may be adjustedvertically and held in any position to which itis adjusted so that thelower edge of the shield will be opposite the direct line of vision ofthe wearer by which a shield may beheld from lateral movenicntso thatthe shield perforations through which vision is obtained are retaineddefinitely in proper position in front of the eye to have clear visiontherethrough and at the same time provide supporting device which may befolded directly beneath the shield body so as to be compact and easilyinscrtable if desired in the vest pot-net of the wearer, and it consistsessentially of the arrangement and construction of parts as hereinaftermore particularly explained.

Fig. 1 is a s-ctional'vicw through my eye shield and showing; itnpplicdto the head of the wearer of the hat.

l ig. 2 is a perspective view of my eye shield :.=-:howin z)g it in theposition indicated in Figure 1 and the shield partially broken away forthe purpose of exhiljiiting the construction.

l 3 is a similar view to Fig. 2 showing the shield folded.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional. view through my eye shield in theoperative position.

Fig. 5 is a similar view to Figure l in the folded position.

in tho drznvings like characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in each figure.

1 indicates the body of the eye shleld which is formed of thin metal orother suitable opaque material, the lower edge 1 of which is intendedwhen adjusted to be opposite the central line of vision of the wearer.

2 are perforations formed in the shield body adjacent the edge 1 and oneend of the shield and through which the adjacent eye body. The shieldbody is in no way supported by the retainer l which only serves toprevent lateral movement as above set forth. i

The upper edge of the shield body is providedat its centre with aninwardly cxtcnding tongue 5 which is bent back upon itself to form abearing sleeve 6, the free edge of the tongue being riveted or otherwisesecured to the body thereof as indicated at 7. 8 a rectangular memberpreferably formed of wire,- the lower end of which swung in the bearingsleeve 6. The parallel downwardly extending portions of the member 8forms slideways upon which a traiisveil'se member 9 is slidablymoijlntcd. The member 9 is provided with an upwardly extending tongue 10of thin sheet springing material whiolris bent back upon itself asindicated at 11 to form an outwardly extending resilient inclinedportion 12.

hon the shield is to be worn the members 8 and 9 are in. the positionshown in Figure 2 and are placed against the forehead of the wearer, thebut 13 is then placed upon the "Wcarers head compressing tliespringiortions of the tongue 10 together so as to exert a binding actionagainst the inner face and the surface of the head and thereby preventvertical movement.

The member 9 may he slid to any desired position upon the member 8 so asto suit various types of heads and so that it will be comfortable forall proportions and shapes of heat By this construction a retainer isprovided which will positively hold the shield in any position to whichit is vertically adjusted with a pressure, which will be soft andcushioned and which will present a relatively broad bearing surfaceagainst the head which will not be uncomfortable to the wearer.

When the shield is in operative position the member 4: forms a notchinto which the nose fits and prevents any lateral movement of the shieldand yet at the same time will not prevent of its vertical adjustment andfurther when the head is tilted slightly for ward in such a position amotorist would naturally assume when looking at a the mechanism of hisengine will allow of the shield swinging slightly away from the face ofthe wearer so that it will not obstruct the View of such mechanism andwill automatieally return itself to position when the wearer assumes thenormal'position and at the same time the member 4 definitely holds theperforations 2 and .the cut away portion 3 in the right positionrequired forclear vision whena motorist isapproaching the glaring headlights of another car.

When the device is not in use the member 9 maybe slid towards the innerend of the member 8 so that it will not project beyond the end of suchmember, and the member 8 may be folded back against the'under face of.the shieldbody and at each side of the side portions of the member 4 inthe posiconveniently carried.-

tion shown in. Figure2 so that the shield maybe slipped longitudinallyinthe upper vest pocket of the wearer and thereby be From thisdescription it will be seen that I1have devised an eye shield adaptedfor use by motorists which will prevent head light glare and yet allowclear vision of the roadway on the opposite or outer side of the car,thelight glare being prevented by the solid shield which extends infront of the eyes of, the wearer so that powerful light rays will notimpinge against the eyes and,

the flesh of the wearers forehead, and to further provide a shield whichmay be folded into compact form so that it may be readily slipped intothe upper vest poc (Cl) of the wearer.

It may be pointed out that the inturned portion 5 at the top edge of theshield body is for the purpose that in the position the shield hangs ofthrowing the lower edge of the shield in towards the nose. If the top ofthe nose were straight with the forehead it would be of no advantage,but as the nose is usually formed with a hollow portion at the topthereof the shade body will by reason of this offset portion sit morefirmly against the nose.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a motorists eye shield, a shield. body, a rectangular memberhingedly mounted to the upper edge of the shield body and formingparallel guides, a member slidable upon such guides, and a resilientcompressible portion carried by such slidable member to bear against theinner surface of the wearers hat.

2. In a motorists eye shield, a shield body, a rectangular memberhingedly mounted to the upper edge of the shield body and formingparallel guides, a member slidable upon such guides, a tongue extendingupwards from the slidable member and bent outward- 1y upon itself inV-form to bear against the inner face of the wearers hat.

3. In a motorists eye shield, the conlbination with a shield body havinga tongue extending inwardly at its upper edge and forming a bearingsleeve extending parallel therewith, a rectangular loop swung at itslower end in such sleeve, :1 slidable member suitably carried upon theside portions of the loop, a tongue extending upwardly therefrom andbent back upon itself in V- form to resiliently bear against the innerface of the hat of the wearer.

FREDERICK IV. MA( 1 E I).

